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Since the trailer for After Last Season came out and confused the hell out of pretty much the entire world, people have been debating the legitimacy of the movie. Well, you heard it here first: After Last Season is real.
I spoke with writer/director/producer Mark Region about the movie earlier today, and his flustered and honest tone leads me to believe that he’s actually a real life guy. Region said the project has been about 10 years in the making, including the three years it took him to write the screenplay.
He said the trailer for the movie can be misleading.
“It’s pretty much what you see in the trailer, but more than that,” said Region. “It’s different.”
Although Apple Trailers labeled the film a comedy, Region said it’s a mistake. He said the movie is more like a Hitchcock film, dark and mysterious.
“The movie is just a regular mystery… with special effects and computer effects,” he said.
The special effects, which appear in the trailer, cost a big part of the movie’s $5 million budget said Region. He said most of the money came from local investors, not from Hollywood.
He said he wanted to keep the set simple and hired local actors to keep the the film low-budget.
“It took a lot of effort, we tried to do our best,” he said.
But, let me repeat. After Last Season is real according to Mark Region, who is also apparently real. People will get a chance to see Region’s dream come to life on June 5 when the movie hits theaters. Region wasn’t sure how many theaters would get the movie, but he said the release would be “regular-wide.”
So again, despite all my initial insight, it looks like the movie is 100% real and will 100% be playing on a screen maybe near you. Part of me is glad I can now sleep at night, but part of me still wants to hang on to the mystery that shrouded After Last Season…
UPDATE: Because people asked so many questions about this interview, I posted an explanation. On our new site. Which you should totally visit instead of this ratty old one. Find the explanation here.
Tags: After last season, Interview, mark region, movie
March 27, 2009 at 8:51 pm
about comedy… you can find it on my comedy films site
March 28, 2009 at 7:27 am
[...] ist es? Auf jeden Fall sehr strange. Angeblich echt und kein Fake. Soll es etwa Kunst sein? Die offizielle Webseite sagt auch nicht viel aus. [...]
March 28, 2009 at 3:48 pm
He is most def. lying.
March 28, 2009 at 9:00 pm
any chance you could give us some more details? how’d you come to speak with him? how could they possibly afford distribution? are they going to let the press see it? still so many questions
March 29, 2009 at 10:45 am
I think there was a typo.
$5,000,000 budget? Surely he meant $50.
March 29, 2009 at 10:51 am
What a bunch of bull…lol.
Obviously not a real “movie” by any stretch of the imagination.
More likely a project some kids with a video camera and some spare time knocked out in a few weekends.
And I’ll add, kids who obviously don’t know what they are doing.
I mean, if it’s anything more than that and someone should be very VERY embarassed at the results.
March 29, 2009 at 10:56 am
Those “special effects” were $5M? Umm, someone is pulling your leg.
That was no more than off-the-shelf software on someone’s home computer. Someone who glanced through the tutorial maybe twice, at most.
April 1, 2009 at 11:55 am
are we sure this isn’t an april fool’s joke?
April 3, 2009 at 4:41 pm
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